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[askerian]

it's amazing the kind of emails I get just because i'm french. So, yeah.

1) I assure you, if I can write fanfiction and you don't notice until you read my profile, it means that you do NOT need to dumb down your feedback for me. I'm 24, kiddy-talk sounds just a leeeetle bit patronizing here. It is also not necessary to ask me if I understand what you mean every two lines. (though it's still easier to read at a ten-year-old level than to translate OMGGRAMERWHUT and netspeak.)

2)Bilingual means that I actually UNDERSTAND BOTH. I swear it does. =__= So, no, you do not need to translate every sentence in your email. Write in either one -- I swear I didn't forget THAT much french. (yet.)

3)No, I will not help you with your homework.

4)"Is (...) really different in France?" How should I know? I've never left France once in my life, except for very short trips that skimmed Switzerland and Spain borders. As for my personal, social-and-politics-and-all-that opinions -- I'm a hermit. I don't know if other people share my views IRL. Internet doesn't count; it's easy to surround yourself with like-minded individuals.

5)On that note, I haven't written anything in french for over two years and I don't get involved in the french naruto and GW fandoms because 1) they're too small and 2)... they're too small. Also I don't know enough people there to make it worth it. *lazy, y0* So, uh -- comparison between the english and french fandoms? not a clue. XD

6)No, i'm not speshul just because i'm French. I assure you, there are lots of french people who aren't cool at all. My coolness is entirely personal. ;p

On that note, it was surprising!! (except not) that when I met zania and her sister, they looked like they could have been french. Except, you know, they were from Texas or something. *molestmolest* I do not look "french", there is no "french race". I look like a caucasian girl, and when you see me, that's all you can tell -- that i'm neither black nor asian nor arab nor Indin nor... you get the point. I do not look Swedish or Italian -- France is just a random melting pot of whiteness. I could walk past you in the street anywhere in the States and until I talk, I garantee you won't know. (of course the second I talk it's gonna be blindingly obvious because OMG OWW the accent. I can't get rid of that accent. People tell me a french accent is sexy, but I find it embarrassing -- especially when I know how to spell a word perfectly and I can't remember how the hell you pronounce it. And what the hell is it with that "TH" sound?? argh. ...Ah well. :p)

So. I doubt the reminder is necessary to you people, but I just felt like sharing. Because, really, WTF. It's amazing the kind of emails I get sometimes. XD

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[trowacko.livejournal.com]

that i'm neither black nor asian nor arab nor Indin nor... you get the point.

i saw Indin and that just made me grin XDD altho not bilingual, i completely empathize with teh stupid questions. i can't tell you how many times i've been asked what my name really means. at that, my given name is of Russian origin and my family name is of European origin becuz the fledgling government could not understand a lick of Choctaw and went something like, "uh. Smith. right."

[askerian]

... XD indin is all your fault. *snerk* and i figure you get even more of these than me. There's a whole myth that goes with anything native american. XD

aww, but you know you can ask me anytime if you need french in your fics. I promise I don't mind when it's a friend. I'd rather you ask me than not write what you want, honest ^__^